mrsmackpaul

Well if they are running true on the spider (spokes) it must be out of balance This February just gone I heard a big bang and thought nothing if it, was heading up to see my son in north QLD Got to Ayr and noticed that a stud had broken and of course the wedge was missing Wheeled Mrs Mack into the only truck supply place in town and bought a wedge and stud The wedge wasnt the right one and was at least twice as heavy as the old Gunite ones Mack used It wobbled pretty bad then so I went straight to Mack at Townsville and ordered the right one and some spares Had tp wait over night but what a difference Also the rim had moved on the spider in less the 90 km's I reckon there wouldn't have even been half a pound in weight difference in wedges but it was worse than driving with out the wedge My point to all this rambling on is that it doesn't take two tenths of bugger all to feel something out of balance in you steer tyres If you have a piece broken off there's a fare chance that might be part of the problem Paul

Did it wobble before the new tyres ? Paul

I came across this a couple of days ago Since it appears many Americans dont even realize that Australia had troops in Vietnam Come to think of it many young Americans probably don't even know that the U.S. had troops there either Anyway, this was made in 66 Paul

That looks very sexy, I have never seen Autocars that neat in Australia Most were relegated to heavy haulage or road train work so had no need to look that nice

Well it's 12 months and I still haven't forgotten I came across this the other day and thought I will share it here I hope the link works Thank you to the men and women that served doing a thankless job for others Paul

Fantastic stuff A classic still in its working clothes and still working Thanks for sharing Paul

All three shafts need to be timed thru all sections of the boxes It really is pretty self explanatory when your working on it, or at least thats how I have found it to be When you pull the box apart put all the parts in the order they come apart in I dont wash anything until Im re reassembling what Im working and then I wash each part or group of parts as it goes back together This I feel adds a lot to reduce confusion for me and ensures everything is spotlessly clean I dont worry about putting marks on things as they will only go together one way Paul

The smaller gears have dits cast into them Larger gears have holes cast into them They are very simple to work on, or at least I have found so Yes there is lots of parts and timing etc But if you have to force any gears in they arent lined up, they just drop in when all lined up The hardest put is splitting them and linig them back up when putting the sections back together A friend to steady the box sections and a tape measure to ensure its lined up square will help a lot I have done them on my own several times A car engine hoist is pretty helpful and once it's on its end is all you need Paul

Could be lots of things If you have the box out at the moment then I would lift it apart and have a look as its a much bigger job to pull it out later You need to stand the transmission on its bellhousing and lift it apart with a chain block The air split section is the rear section and once this is off it comes abart pretty simply The sliding dogs in there collect all the rubbish as in silicon dirt and what ever else you can think of that may be getting pumped around in the oil Make sure the dogs dont have bad bevels worn on them or very rounded corners as this can cause the dog not to slide in The 10 and 12 speed maxi torques I know of have no synchros at all, however I do know later model Mack boxes do have synchros Im not enough of a expert to advise on later model boxes as I have never touched one , just old rubbish for me Paul

Yes I do know of it and as far as I know it's still around I think that soil compaction would be the down side to getting so much to the ground with so little surface area actually touching the ground it would need to have tremendous weight transfer to utilize the power Paul

It looks neat enough even though it may have faded a bit If the chassis and cab are fairly rust free I would think it should be worth a few bob However Im in Australia so I couldn't really even guess a value in the US as the market is a lot different than out here Good luck Paul

There's surprisingly not a lot of room on a R model for paint and stripes The cab fills up pretty quick and starts to look very busy if you put to much on This was the advise given to me by my good friend when he painted Mrs Mack Paul

Well if it is I'll see at Alice Springs I got asked if I would like to take Mrs Mack for a run up there ?? A chance to spend a couple of weeks away from home with a bunch of rar bags Of course I will even the Princesstold me I should go even though she has no interest in coming at all Paul

As my dear old Dad always says " you can never have to many sheds " Well done and Im sure you will enjoy it and fill it up plenty quick enough Paul

The top photos on this page with a molding around the waist line of the cab are much more appealing to my eye thsn just flat panels and I feel will hide the wear and tear over the years much better Paul

Truth be told I dont think I have been busier since I was a young man Got told to give a bloke a call 18 months ago and landed a job almost immediately on a solar farm as a electrician I did my apprenticeship as a young man as a sparky but never really liked it so left I became a tradesman in recession we had to have in the 80's This solar farm building keeps flat out like a lizard drinking, start 4am get back at 6.30 pm These to me are long days, but the pay is good and I'm not you anymore I also do share farming when the season permits with my best friend, basically we call it farming but have lots of fun loosing money trying to grow crops in bad season's lol This solar farm is going to be built in stages Stage 1 is 250 mega watts, covers 1250 acres, it has 750,000 panels to wire, 640 km of 400 mm DC cables, 30 odd km of 800 mm HV cables and 3100 km of of string cable This is the 4th farm I have been involved with since I stopped cane farming Very un truck relate, however I still do find time to follow my passion for trucks I have manged to do at a guess 10,000 km in the last 18 months in Mrs Mack, bought some beauties home on the low loader for good friends and dragged road trains from one end of this wide brown land to other and back again in Mrs Mack in my none solar farming days I have made lots of videos but the windows 7 on the computer wont allow me ro make youtube films so ir appears a new lap top is in order Not a lot of truck related stuff on the solar farm apart from the 250 ton load two pictures above Paul

My truck has three inside the rails and on beneath the rear cross member This would appear to be pretty standard layout on Australian Macks Paul

I do hope Billy T is fit and healthy These threads (think thats what you call them) can certainly take on a life of there own 😄 Yes the forum has changed and in lots of ways it only has got better I dont posy as much as I used to and once I was on 4 forums regularly now just 2 Life gets so busy and my eye lidsare faulty and shut of their own accord when I sit down at the end of the day Keep the dream alive people and I hope Billy is fine Paul

I dont read to much into who posts and who doesn't For me life seems to be busier than ever as Im getting older Theres three topics that in the past were never spoken about in Australia politics, religion and money politics because you are free to have your own thoughts and not justify them to anyone or have anyone force theres upon you religion because you are free to believe what ever you want and no other joker should say who or what you should believe in And money, we should never speak about money as your either bragging or lumbering someone else with your problems Either way your putting someone else on the spot and thats bad manners What does all this have to do with Billy T Not much as he maybe just busy but it is food for thought Paul

Some Australian ones that were working in the Kimberley region (north western Western Australia) notice the bunk on the back, "Star Light Motel" East Kimberley Transport trucks They sure tough old jiggers that worked hard back in the day Paul

They were never big seller's in Australia, however considering how few would have been sold a surprisingly large amount seem to have survived And it's even more surprising considering the extreme conditions a lot were operated under

Good onya Barry and co It's good to see patriotic people proud of their nation

Mack dealers in the US are very different than Australia by the sounds of it as dealers out here are only to happy to help no matter how old or difficult it may seam or at least that is my experience I reckon I could walk into any dealer and order R model rails if I had the chassis number Yes they would cost a few bob, but if we want Mack Australia to support our old junk we have gotta pay for limited stock items to be made and held Paul

Welcome to the forum Paul